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ThisIsSloth

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Registered: 2014-04-16

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[SOLVED] All passwords lost when connecting new USB network adapter.

I hope this is the right sub forum, because this issue is baffling and I do not know where to start.

When I plug in a new USB nic, and someones when I'm connecting to a new network, every password saved on my system (Arch/KDE) is lost. This includes wifi passwords, Chromium saved passwords, all saved certs from 2FA logins. This is really getting on my nerves because I use my Linux system to test devices and networks so I'm constantly having to enter 15 different passwords and 8 different 2FAs throughout the day. Is this a security option I can turn off?

Googling turns up nothing related, searching the forms has only returns KWallet related problems.

All my systems run on some flavor of Arch (Arch proper, Garuda, CachyOS).

Last edited by ThisIsSloth (2026-03-10 02:03:17)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] All passwords lost when connecting new USB network adapter.

x-ref, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=312291

But with the specific trigger:

hostnamectl

If you don't have a static hostname, set one.

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ThisIsSloth

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Registered: 2014-04-16

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Re: [SOLVED] All passwords lost when connecting new USB network adapter.

I do have a static host name, BUT I did notice that I didn't have it properly formatted. Instead of it being hostname it was Hostname. After correcting this I plugged in a brand new USB adapter, connected the network cable, and reboot. After logging back in I was able to access all my accounts without having to reenter the passwords and 2FA. I'm going to mark this as solved and if something happens in the next few days I'll give an update. As of right now it's working, thank you!

Last edited by ThisIsSloth (2026-03-10 02:02:46)